Academic Freedom

AAUP votes to censure or sanction three institutions at its annual meeting. Idaho State removed from sanction list.

The truth about these teams is more complex than headlines acknowledge, and misconceptions about them abound, Ryan A. Miller and four other scholars argue.

By Ryan A. Miller and Four Other Scholars

A Columbia law adjunct is the latest person to leave a place in academe following the release of a new film on the Central Park Five.

Keith D. Renshaw outlines some concrete steps that all higher education institutions can take to protect both academic freedom and donor rights.

By Keith D. Renshaw

Report attacks Koch-funded Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University as a pro-fossil-fuel-industry idea launderer. University and Koch deny the charge.

Researchers want less restrictive policies on accepting money from the Chinese telecom giant -- but that appears unlikely, given recent federal policy moves and legal action against the company. Professors also question why they aren't involved in making decisions on bans.

Ph.D. graduate's speech backing Israel boycott is condemned by leaders there and at Northwestern, which hired him. Some see academic freedom concerns, given that other political commencement addresses are not attacked.

Governing party demands removal of a book its leaders don't like from a university reading list.